Over the years a false myth has been created in which it is believed that fish have a bad memory, but in reality it is not like that, different studies show the opposite. Today we will refer to an Australian investigation in which it is recognized that fish have very good memories.
For almost a decade and a half, research has been carried out on the learning and memory of children. fish. From the Charles Sturt University (Australia) an expert in the behavior of these vertebrates announces different conclusions.
Most fish have a great ability to remember their predators up to almost a year later of being attacked by them. For example, a carp that has been about to bite the hook remembers the experience and avoids the weighers for several months.
An experiment has recently been carried out with different freshwater species, which were analyzed in their natural environment and then in a pond, offering food in different areas and exposing them to predators to observe their movements.
In this way, it was confirmed that fish have long-term memory, in addition to learning to know their habitat in depth and associate the abundance of food or the dangers found in certain places.
The information they collect is used to escape threats and also to trace your favorite routes.
«If the behavior of these creatures is unknown, you can make the mistake of believing that when there is no fishing it is because the resources have been exhausted or the fish have left, when in reality, what may be happening is that they are there, but they no longer fall into the trap»The researchers say.
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